Leslie Marmon Silko Quotes

the material world and the flesh are only temporary - there are no sins of the flesh, spirit is everything!

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• My brothers and I would sit out on the park bench and harmonize.

  

  Aaron Neville
  • Brothers
  • Park
  • Bench

• We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.

  

  Lacey Chabert
  • Lost
  • Space
  • London

• People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd.

  

  Hannah Kent
  • People
  • Fear
  • Doubt

• I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust.

  

  Queen Elizabeth II
  • Life
  • Heart
  • Myself

• I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.

  

  Faye Dunaway
  • People
  • Old
  • Rules

• Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it when I feel the impulse.

  

  Zoe Kazan
  • Myself
  • Write
  • Down

• My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.

  

  Samantha Morton
  • Mind
  • Children
  • Today

• I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Happy
  • High
  • Happiness

• I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age.

  

  Kailash Satyarthi
  • Children
  • Age
  • Suffering

• Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Single
  • Fans
  • Down

• It's a burden trying to keep a secret. It's hard. It probably takes more out of you trying to hold it and keep it than it does for you to really let it out.

  

  Magic Johnson
  • Trying
  • You
  • Burden

• I dedicated my 20s, my passion and energy to the name 'Rain.' I always did my best, and I thought if I did, it would eventually show, and even if it didn't turn out well, I wouldn't have any regrets.

  

  Rain
  • Energy
  • Passion
  • Best

• So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.

  

  Uwe Boll
  • Know
  • Price
  • Late

• The Chinese people have been forced to forget the Tiananmen massacre. There has been no public debate about the event, no official apology. The media aren't allowed to mention it. Still today people are being persecuted and imprisoned for disseminating information about it.

  

  Ma Jian
  • People
  • Today
  • Chinese

• I believe that acting in any medium is the same thing, it's discovering the truth in where you are.

  

  Victor Garber
  • Believe
  • Truth
  • Same

• My music is bejewelled, it's colourful, it's romantic, it shines.

  

  Carly Rae Jepsen
  • Music
  • Romantic
  • Shines

• I had so much fun doing Django, and I love westerns so much that after I taught myself how to make one, it's like, 'OK, now let me make another one now that I know what I'm doing.'

  

  Quentin Tarantino
  • Love
  • Fun
  • Myself

• There have been moments in my career when I've had to be tough and I've had to step up to the plate - but usually that's because a man has underestimated me. But other than that, I wouldn't say I'm a tough person.

  

  Tamara Mellon
  • Up
  • Career
  • Man

• No one wants to hear my perspective on politics, but I think honestly as you get older, you get more interested in it.

  

  Danica Patrick
  • Think
  • Politics
  • Perspective

• I didn't intend 'Hector' to be a self-help book when I first started writing. I wrote it as a little tale about a psychiatrist, like me, who sets off around the world in order to discover the vital ingredients for happiness.

  

  Francois Lelord
  • World
  • Writing
  • Book

• I love to travel. During normal workdays, sometimes it feels like I have to bludgeon ideas out of my soul - but when I'm traveling, relaxed and unpressured, the ideas just spill out.

  

  Peter Lerangis
  • Soul
  • Travel

• The distinction between the world of commerce and that of 'culture' quickly became the distinction between infrastructure and superstructure, with the former clearly determining the latter.

  

  Allan Bloom
  • World
  • Culture

• In 80% of the world, energy will be bought where it is economic. You have to help the rest of the world get energy at a reasonable price.

  

  Bill Gates
  • World
  • Energy
  • Economic

• the material world and the flesh are only temporary - there are no sins of the flesh, spirit is everything!

  

  Leslie Marmon Silko
  • World
  • Spirit
  • Sins